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TechCrunch Punk'd by Facebook with Fake News Story

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2009 - 9:54am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook had some fun with technology news blog TechCrunch this week, planting the seeds for a fake story about a new "Fax This Photo" feature on the Facebook account of reporter Jason Kincaid. Some 20 minutes after noticing the actually-working feature -- which Facebook had posted only to Kincaid's account -- and emailing a query to Facebook, Kincaid posted a story entitled "Facebook Now Lets You Fax Your Photos. I Have No Idea Why Anyone Would Want To Do This." Facebook's Jaime Schopflin eventually revealed the prank to Kincaid. "They were placing bets around the office on how long before we noticed it and posted. And something else about teaching us to contact them before posting," Kincaid wrote.

tags: Facebook | Publishing | TechCrunch |

Report: Arrington's CrunchPad to Ship in November for $400

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 31, 2009 - 5:40am.

Singapore - The CrunchPad, a tablet PC in the works from TechCrunch technology blog founder Michael Arrington, is expected to be released in November with a $400 price tag, according to a report in the Singapore Straits Times. TechCrunch partnered with Singapore-based Fusion Garage to develop the device, which reportedly has a 12-inch touchscreen and proprietary operating system, but no on-board storage space.

tags: TechCrunch | Michael Arrington | CrunchPad | Fusion Garage |

TechCrunch Posts Hacked Documents From Twitter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 16, 2009 - 8:38am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - According to internal documents obtained from the company by a hacker and published by TechCrunch, Twitter projected $140 million in revenue by the end of 2010, and expected its first revenue of $400,000 in the third quarter of this year. The hacked document also shows that, by 2013, the company aimed to count 1 billion users, 5,200 employees, and generate $111 million in net earnings on $1.54 billion in revenue.

tags: News | Publishing | TechCrunch | Twitter |

TechCrunch, GigaOm Head List of Top Technology Blogs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2009 - 9:12am.

Alexandria, Va. - TechCrunch, GigaOM and Engadget are the top technology blogs, according to a new survey of nearly 250 technology PR professionals by PRSourceCode.

TechCrunch Founder to Reassess Career Following Incident

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 28, 2009 - 8:52am.

Atherton, Calif. - Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular blog focused on Internet products and companies, said on Wednesday that he plans to take off most of February to reassess his future following an incident on Tuesday in which someone deliberately spat in his face at an event in Germany. "In the past I've been grabbed, pulled, shoved and otherwise abused at events, but never spat on," wrote Arrington in a blog post.

tags: Blogs | Publishing | TechCrunch | Michael Arrington |

Report: Facebook to Launch Instant Messaging Service

Authored by Jay Baage on March 14, 2008 - 10:46am.

Palo Alto, CA - The popular social networking site Facebook has been testing a new instant messaging service and will be launching it to the public soon, perhaps in the next week, according to TechCrunch:

tags: Social Networking | Facebook | TechCrunch | Instant Messaging |

TechCrunch, Jason Calcanis Team on New DEMO-Style Conference

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2007 - 1:06pm.

New York - Technology bloggers Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) and Jason Calcanis (Weblogs, Inc.) have announced plans to launch a new DEMO-style conference where companies will pitch new products and services -- without paying to participate.

Jaxtr Links Phones to Social Networks, Keeps Numbers Private

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2006 - 1:06pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Jaxtr on Thursday announced the beta launch of its widget that lets users link their phones with profiles on social networks or blogs, so that users may call one another while also keeping their phone numbers private, TechCrunch reported.